The Lady Refuses

Mar 8, 1931

1h 12m

★ 5.1

Torn From the Heart of Woman

Overview

A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated when the son declares his love for her, too.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

June

Betty Compson

Russell Courtney

John Darrow

Sir Gerald Courtney

Gilbert Emery

Berthine Waller

Margaret Livingston

Nikolai Rabinoff

Ivan Lebedeff

Dobbs

Edgar Norton

Millie

Daphne Pollard

Sir James (uncredited)

Halliwell Hobbes

Detective (uncredited)

Dick Rush

Freddy (uncredited)

Reginald Sharland

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